Telegram-herald., 1887-05-09
FELL FROM A WHARF
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u14z Eaa 5one Ia lhs saAlloz ~ater Of .
sap. oetxesn tEo 4harvss. Alons ths edge
~ ele ~ ths saAFvss rsn . slo4s sec.iel
Ia4llaz- Cr0sded szalass tnis railing we're
bstseen sisnlY aa1 ous naadfed white aad
colofsd people, principally children under
tllIfsen gsals ~ as 4so tholsan1 pe0-
PIE coupled f1s fem4iIiDg Dart 0I tle
s1arfss. 4nd IA las river ssFsral hundred
Feopls we're VisHa< ne ceremony from
szis.
- the milast 81 the bapt.zinx pressure
ssa-Lsl tle rz.-ilg Was 50 1rszl nat ir gave
@sf an1 t4out ou~ l1ltirel goople we're
IIec. pitaled lll0 las ugeE Ia ne descent
t1eY slf11x tle SANS. al1 sGlIe len Or
ni-ssn 0i these NsGe overturned aud their
eee1panis taroSn ist0 tae river. An In
tl1se.iDsolo sceLs i0ilo.ed- be water Nss
asitc sitn srFlszlug 4nd aroenleg Easn,
4.1l-4 a4d c1liareu. sao lousl1 ezcn
1lDef 4lFageiy For posaessioa ~ oseftuFle1
1eais o1e of fle dripping victims
would tras aimseii inlo . 0oai oa.Y 10 have
a. overturned By kuol1er seIzlux tie gsn-
saies anu IallcallY struggling 10 al q
possessiCu ~ tas iEall craft.
- tLs ealing seus d0sn the people Ia
tEs s2lls and 9u shore sere panic stricken,
sl1 ior lev ra4uutes could Do nothing
l4s ntOle tin.l1 Oi the 0oalmcn piled their
paddles an1 irit lof the scen5. while negroes
on lls 8anks srreamed iu lerr0r AID niIed
sac tlr With ssoans and sapplcaliOns %
Cod A ies seconds later a nunloer OF the
azitMeu fofcea ther iEal cran into the
midst OF -hs people Ia their eagerns-s 10
rescue some a. tle downing. these boess
eefe SCI ED oy bait a dozen people A. a
time 4ld Ness qEiekly capsized. Cooler
nraiief- ones remained out a. he edge Of the
stllEs silns mass and trrH teen or tseuLy
lersoua .rom the water Others we're res
e4ed ~ those on lbe wharves. Who held out
broken pieces 0t t!moer al still Others
ulaio tttelr va - slalloa easer between
t1e tNo Sharses. Several. however, were
carried out into the stream and sank seven
people ar known % have oeen drOsned
and the police place the total number OF
lives lost as hi.sh as hf-een. Those known
% have perished are. Harriet Cook ~hitel
ased 3. Alar4a NJ 4lll4lIs c0lO4sdl, aged
&. Rose Edwards cOiOrsdl, ased s. al ua-
kuosn white woman. who sank with q
cnld In her arms. Ihe child rose 10 the
s0r.ace and vas rescued. bat the woman
Nts l0st. Rosa Lawrence. cOiO-ed aged :,
Cnlld ot kmiiine Cornelius. aged :. infant
child ot tr'ice Richards. colOred, fge year
Old child Of Rene Royal. cOlOred.
Resale Williams cOlOrsil. aged 10, also
sank sI-a an infant in her arms. This
child was also saved and the woman
drowned An unknown white and an IN
An0sn c0iored Womau were drowned under
lat boat jlsr below the wharf and are
sli0wu - have oeeD lost. Eveline Dephine
and Elt.ie Cook, AGED respectively IA and 7,
Uefe ancer the wharf IN skill and were
s-u0gsiy injured bv a falling beam Amos
Ryder was also severely hurt. The people
present az Tie DapEiziag came from ali parts
81 the city aud suburbs. ard u IS believed
t.a- several others were lost VINO will not
% missed for several days. and the river is
unusually reluctant in giving ap Is dead.